Ex-resident Accused Of Cruelty To Animals

Manchester Police News

A former Oak Street man accused of leaving a dog tied up in a vacant apartment without food or water for at least three days was charged with cruelty to animals, police said.

Aristede Hill, 27, is accused of tying the pit bull to the back door of his 138 Oak St. apartment and abandoning it after he moved to Springfield in mid-August, police said.

The severely malnourished dog was found three days later, on Aug. 17, by the owner of the Oak Street duplex, who called police. Tied on a 2-foot leash, the dog was surrounded by feces and had no food or water, Officer Gary J. Minor said in a report.

``The dog was so thin I could see all of its ribs and backbone,'' the officer said.

The dog was taken to a veterinarian and then to the town pound. Minor contacted Hill the next day.

Hill said that he had had the dog only two days after a friend gave it to him, the officer said, but Hill could provide no other information on the friend.

Hill was arrested Tuesday on a warrant, police said, but no bail information was available.